Travis County Election Results

Countywide, 61,382 voters turned out for the November 4 election, approving all but one of the eight bond proposals. Below is an analysis of some of the voting, based on regions defined by life-long Austinite Peck Young, who served as a political consultant on the bond election campaign. Inside city limits, 43,953 voters went to the polls, although 1,700 of those who voted on the bonds abstained from the city charter amendment question on campaign finance reform. The measure won by a landslide -- 72% to 28% -- taking every precinct except one, 359 in the rural Southwest, where it went down 8 to 3.

	Historic Voting		Votes in Favor
REGION	CHARACTERISTICS:	TURNOUT	PROP.4 (TRAIL)	PROP.5 (SH130)	PROP.6 (SH45)
Central	Liberal	7.1%	64.6%	50.7%	40.9%
Near South	Liberal	8.7%	58.5%	51.0%	41.6%
North Central	Liberal	12.3%	44.8%	62.6%	54.0%
Far North	Swing	11.4%	38.6%	68.2%	59.5%
Far South	Swing	11.12%	39.6%	67.2%	63.0%
East/African Amer.	Swing	5.6%	49.1%	63.5%	58.9%
East/Hispanic	Swing	5.5%	52.1%	58.9%	50.9%
Northeast	Swing	12.4%	47.2%	63.4%	53.2%
West	Swing	18.7%	53.1%	62.0%	51.4%
Northwest	Conservative	15.3%	40.4%	71.0%	61.3%
Southwest	Conservative	17.1%	45.6%	70.9%	64.5%
Rural	Conservative	14.5%	36.9%	72.9%	68.3%
TOTALS:		11.9%	43.4%	66.8%	59.7%